2023 Women's Tour Down Under

For the men's race, see 2023 Tour Down Under.

The 2023 Santos Women's Tour Down Under was a women's cycle stage race held in and around Adelaide, South Australia from 15 to 17 January 2023.

2023 Women's Tour Down Under

2023 UCI Women's World Tour, race 1 of 27
Race details
Dates	15–17 January 2023
Stages	3
Distance	293.6 km (182.4 mi)
Winning time	8h 03' 29"
Results
Winner  Grace Brown (AUS) (FDJ–Suez)   Second  Amanda Spratt (AUS) (Trek–Segafredo)   Third  Georgia Williams (NZL) (Team Jayco–AlUla) Mountains  Amanda Spratt (AUS) (Trek–Segafredo) Youth  Henrietta Christie (NZL) (Human Powered Health) Sprints  Grace Brown (AUS) (FDJ–Suez)   Team EF Education–Tibco–SVB
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It was the sixth edition of Women's Tour Down Under, after the 2021 and 2022 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race was the first event of the 2023 UCI Women's World Tour, with it joining the World Tour calendar for the first time. It was won by Australian rider Grace Brown of FDJ-Suez.^[1]

Route and stages

List of stages^[2]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner	Team
1	15 January	Glenelg to Aldinga	110.4 km (68.6 mi)		Flat stage	Daria Pikulik (POL)	Human Powered Health
2	16 January	Birdwood to Campbelltown	90 km (55.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Alex Manly (AUS)	Team Jayco–AlUla
3	17 January	Adelaide to Campbelltown	93.2 km (57.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Grace Brown (AUS)	FDJ–Suez
Total			293.6 km (182.4 mi)

Teams

Thirteen teams took part in the event, including six UCI Women's WorldTeams, and four teams from Australia & New Zealand.^[3][4]

UCI Women's WorldTeams

• EF Education–Tibco–SVB
• FDJ–Suez
• Israel Premier Tech Roland
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• Human Powered Health
• Trek–Segafredo

UCI Women's Continental Teams

• Team Coop–Hitec Products
• Zaaf Cycling Team
• ARA Skip Capital
• Team BridgeLane
• St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93

National Teams

• Australia
• New Zealand

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Sprint classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1[5]	Daria Pikulik	Daria Pikulik	Gladys Verhulst	Daria Pikulik	Ally Wollaston	Trek–Segafredo
2[6]	Alex Manly	Alex Manly	Amanda Spratt	Alex Manly	Henrietta Christie	Human Powered Health
3[1]	Grace Brown	Grace Brown	Amanda Spratt	Grace Brown	Henrietta Christie	EF Education–Tibco–SVB
Final		Grace Brown	Amanda Spratt	Grace Brown	Henrietta Christie	EF Education–Tibco–SVB

Result

Final general classification^[7]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Grace Brown (AUS)	FDJ–Suez	8h 03' 29"
2	Amanda Spratt (AUS)	Trek–Segafredo	+10"
3	Georgia Williams (NZL)	EF Education–Tibco–SVB	+19"
4	Ruby Roseman-Gannon (AUS)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+28"
5	Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA)	EF Education–Tibco–SVB	+29"
6	Danielle De Francesco (AUS)	Zaaf Cycling Team	+35"
7	Henrietta Christie (NZL)	Human Powered Health	+35"
8	Ella Wyllie (NZL)	New Zealand	+35"
9	Rachel Neylan (AUS)	Australia	+35"
10	Abi Smith (GBR)	EF Education–Tibco–SVB	+38"